Elia Galiouna

During our visit in Texel Island, we noticed that although the people are very hospitable, active, innovative and creative, most of their achievements are kept as “secretes” or as hidden information (sometimes trying to protect them). As a water cycle sub-system, all these period we were trying to find information related to the water treatment facility in the island searching through the…

The Engineering Sustainable Development course is based on the idea of modular design, where a complex and big system is divided into smaller, distinct parts/modules or as we call them sub-systems.   Generally speaking, modularity and system decomposition is expected to result the following benefits: 1. Simplification: Decomposing large systems into smaller ones will lead to a reduction in the…

Dear Santa Claus,   Christmas is coming soon and I am looking forward to your visit. This year, I have only one thing on my list and this is related to you! A new, sustainable workshop for you. Have you ever consider, how much sustainable are you? Although you have done a truly wondrous thing by delivering toys to children all over the world, year after year, I have some doubt related to the…

During the first steps of our research, as a water cycle sub-system group in Texel Island, the following research questions were expressed: Do we accept the ‘default traditional future’ of the water cycle system of Texel island, or do we strive to create our 'preferred future', keeping in mind the impact that our decisions we make today will have on future generations (considering 2065). What…

Here is an example of a linear and circle model in the building industry. Material flows in the building industry has a dominant linear direction in which material systems are running down, just like our linear water process in Texel. Such material flow is often defined as a once-through linear system passing from raw materials extraction, through materials processing, assembly, use, and finally…

Sub-System: Water Cycle The Sustainable Texel [2014]: Sustainability Transition on the Dutch island Texel Engineering for Sustainable Development WM0939TU 2014-2015| Q2 GALIOUNA ELIA-ANNA| 4313518 ROSANNE VAN MILTENBURG|4012186 JESPER GOORDEN|4092082 TUTOR| Bertien Broekhans DELTF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY December 2014   The report presents “An overview of sustainable and self-sufficient water…

Current human priorities are following the next sequence: Economic system Social system Ecologic system   In contrast, for a sustainable development the standards are inverse, and they are following the opposite sequence: Ecologic system Social system Economic system

Water Sub-System in the Sustainable Texel Island It is consider possible to develop a fully sustainable water cycle sub-system, however water is just one component- module- part of the true holistic urban concept. Water cycle subsystem for Texel design, as one module- unit of the whole system, although it is designing independently from the other sub-systems, it still corporate with them (more or…

Bicycle is the world’s most efficient transport device. However, if we consider with another point of view, the bicycle is a cheap, easy and sustainable power supply for myriad products. Here, I am presenting two practical, creative and innovative ways that bicycle can be used related to water mainly in the developing countries.   1. Mobile Filtration Vehicle One billion people in the world don’t…

… Once upon a time , in ancient times, people established their permanent settlements around water sources like rivers or lakes, in order to have access in water for their needs. I n this time, the purification of the water was determined by the taste and the visual observation. The visual cloudiness /turbidity was the driving force to start the water treatment method in early 4000BC. Ancient…

got RAIN and get WATER Within the last decades, water consumption has significantly increased. More specifically, every year the water demands are rising around 50billin m^3 [1]. As a result, different ways of water recycle are in a highlight.   One direct, efficient, innovative, alternative and cheap solution, is the water harvesting . The main steps of a rainwater harvesting system are to…